Method of preserving cheese curd



Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

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ARTHUR IVE. MITCHELL, OF WASHINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

METHOD OF PRESERVIN'G CHEESE CURD.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR M. hirrorrnnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Washington, Litchfield County, State of Connecticut,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods ofPreserving Cheese Curd; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to the method of preserving cheese curd for useas food for chicks or mature chickens. There are two seasons which adairyman recognizes so far as milk product is concerned, namely, a flushseason, when the milk is plenty and there is an abundance of skim milk,and a dry season whenthe milk is not abundant and when skim milk is notavailable because the entire milk product must be used for the purposesof human consumption.

The flush season extends from November to June, while the dry seasonextends from- June to November, during which latter pe riod pasturagegenerally dries up and be comes burned to the extent that the milkproduct is comparatively meager.

The particular object of the present invention is to utilize the skimmilk during the flush season so that it will be available for thepurpose of making the food from' June to November.

In practicing this invention, a cheese curd Application filed March 3,1924. Serial No. 696,684.

not only keeps the air from the curd but it also forms a good medium forlactic acid bacterial growth, so that the curd is really preserved inlactic acid bacterial growth, and this bacteria is so strong that itdestroys other bacteria and finallygetsto such a strength that it isself destroying, that is to say, this lactic acid bacteria only works sofar and then'stops and the dormant bacgeria is highly beneficial to theresultant eec.

But the same results may by substituting formaldehyde mixture whichlatter likewise acts to destroy all injurious bacterial growth.

What is claimed is z The hereindescribed method of making feed forchickens or poultry, which consists in making cheese curd from skimmilk, plac- 7 ing the curd in a receptacle and sealing the same by theresultant whey.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature hereto.

ARTHUR M. MITCHELL.

be accomplished for thewhey a water and

